GRE Word List
FRISK
to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
The meaning of the word frisk is to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| polity | political organization |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
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| devious | wandering |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |